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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa: 2,207 cases from 44 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.
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by company- Associação Portuguesa das Empresas do Setor Privado de Emprego e de Recursos Humanos (APESPE) €4.52m 23 % · 1 case
- Anonymised companies €4.2m 21 % · 2 cases
- Syndicat National des Moniteurs du Ski Français (SNMSF) €3.4m 17 % · 1 case
- Hong Kong Commercial Cleaning Services Limited, Man Shun Hong Kong & Kln Cleaning Company Limited €2.77m 14 % · 1 case
- ECIT Account A/S €2.68m 14 % · 1 case
- „Техномат-Меркурий“ ЕООД, ТПКИ „Здравоход“ (Rechtsnachfolger ТПКИ „Комфорт“), „Кавалер Юнион 2001“ ЕООД €1.4m 7 % · 1 case
- Synot W, a.s.; ein Unternehmer €428,500 2 % · 1 case
- Aktiengesellschaft Hallenstadion Zürich (AGH); Ticketcorner AG €122,929 1 % · 1 case
- Hrvatski lovački savez €89,935 0 % · 1 case
- SIA „SĒME“ €46,300 0 % · 1 case
- 1 more€8,200
When?
per year, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | €5.8m |
| 2025 | 5 | €6.05m |
| 2026 | 3 | €7.93m |
13 cases
17 Mar 2026 Syndicat National des Moniteurs du Ski Français (SNMSF)Ski instructors’ union SNMSF: EUR 3.4 million for exclusivity duty of ESF instructors €3.4m
From 12 May 2006 to 4 February 2025, the model agreement of France’s largest ski instructors’ union prohibited instructors of the Écoles du Ski Français from teaching for competing ski schools or their own clients and threatened exclusion for breaches; the Autorité de la concurrence (French Competition Authority) regarded this as a restriction of competition by object on the market for ski tuition. It imposed EUR 3.4 million, for the first time in an ordinary procedure calculated on the basis of the members’ turnover, and ordered the union to amend the rules, publish the decision and, if it cannot pay, call on its members for contributions.
Professional associations are also liable under competition law for statutes and model rules that forbid their members from working for competitors.
Anti-competitive rules in professional associations
- Authority / court
- Autorité de la concurrence
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- Art. 101 Abs. 1 AEUV; Art. L. 420-1 Code de commerce; Bemessung nach Art. L. 464-2 Code de commerce (Umsetzung der ECN+-Richtlinie)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- under appeal
- Sector
- Other
- Published
- 17 Mar 2026
- Autorité de la concurrence, Décision 26-D-03 du 17 mars 2026 (Entscheidungsseite) Decision of an authority
- Autorité de la concurrence, Décision 26-D-03 (Volltext, PDF) Decision of an authority
- Autorité de la concurrence, Communiqué de presse zu 26-D-03 Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 2 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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12 Mar 2026 Associação Portuguesa das Empresas do Setor Privado de Emprego e de Recursos Humanos (APESPE)Portugal: 4.5 million EUR against temporary work association APESPE for no-poach rule €4.52m
From 1987 to March 2025, the association of temporary work agencies (around 40 members) obliged its members in its code of ethics not to poach each other’s temporary workers. The Autoridade da Concorrência (Portuguese Competition Authority, AdC) regarded this as an anticompetitive decision by an association in the labour market and imposed 4,519,000 EUR, calculated on the basis of the members’ turnover; the decision can be appealed (date = press release).
An association’s code of ethics can also be a cartel – no-poach agreements between competitors are off limits.
No-poach agreements in association rules
- Authority / court
- Autoridade da Concorrência (AdC)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- Lei da Concorrência (Lei n.º 19/2012), Art. 9.º
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Published
- 12 Mar 2026
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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29 Jan 2026 Associação de Guias de Informação Turística dos Açores (AGITA)Portugal: 8,200 EUR against Azores tour guide association for minimum price list €8,200
Since 2020, the only association of tour guides in the Azores (57 active members, around 43% of active guides) had recommended a fee table to its members by e-mail as minimum prices. Following a complaint, the Autoridade da Concorrência (Portuguese Competition Authority, AdC) imposed 8,200 EUR, taking the economic situation into account (date = press release).
Even small professional associations must not circulate fee tables as minimum prices – an e-mail is sufficient evidence.
No price recommendations by professional associations
- Authority / court
- Autoridade da Concorrência (AdC)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- Lei da Concorrência (Lei n.º 19/2012), Art. 9.º; Art. 101 AEUV
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Published
- 29 Jan 2026
- AdC sanciona Associação de Guias de Informação Turística dos Açores por fixação de preços Press release of an authority
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15 Dec 2025 Aktiengesellschaft Hallenstadion Zürich (AGH); Ticketcorner AGWEKO fines Hallenstadion Zurich and Ticketcorner over ticketing clause €122,929
At the end of 2008 Aktiengesellschaft Hallenstadion Zürich and Ticketcorner AG agreed that the arena would only be let to organisers selling at least 50% of tickets through Ticketcorner, which hindered other ticketing providers. After the Federal Supreme Court found a competition-law infringement in 2020 and remitted the case (2C_113/2017), the Wettbewerbskommission (WEKO, Swiss Competition Commission) classed both companies' conduct in 2009 to 2011 as abuse of a dominant position and, by decision of 15 December 2025, fined the Hallenstadion around CHF 50,000 and Ticketcorner around CHF 65,000. The arena operator had concluded an amicable settlement; the decision can be appealed to the Federal Administrative Court.
Exclusivity clauses between strong market players remain a competition risk, even if the proceedings only end years later.
Exclusivity clauses and tying by dominant undertakings
- Authority / court
- Wettbewerbskommission (WEKO)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Abuse of market power
- Legal basis
- Kartellgesetz (KG): Missbrauch einer marktbeherrschenden Stellung; Rückweisung BGer 2C_113/2017 vom 12.02.2020
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Mitigating circumstances
- The arena operator concluded an amicable settlement with WEKO.
- Published
- 22 Jan 2026
Original amount 115,000 CHF, converted at the ECB reference rate of 15 Dec 2025.
- WEKO-Medienmitteilung vom 22.01.2026: WEKO büsst Hallenstadion und Ticketcorner Press release of an authority
- Newsroom-Schnittstelle der Bundesverwaltung: Volltext der WEKO-Medienmitteilung vom 22.01.2026 (weko_13429) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 2 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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18 Sep 2025 SIA „SĒME“Latvia: 46,300 EUR for SĒME for obstructing a Competition Council dawn raid €46,300
During an unannounced inspection by the Konkurences padome (Latvian Competition Council) on 6 November 2024 in a suspected cartel case, the company partly refused to provide information, and an internet block set up on a computer was not lifted in time. The authority penalised both as procedural infringements with 18,519.86 EUR and 27,779.80 EUR, totalling 46,299.66 EUR, even though it closed the underlying cartel case for lack of evidence.
Companies should have clear dawn-raid rules so that explanations are given and IT access is released to investigators immediately.
Conduct during competition authority inspections
- Authority / court
- Konkurences padome (Lettischer Wettbewerbsrat)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- Art. 9.4 Abs. 1 Nr. 5 Konkurences likums (Wettbewerbsgesetz)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Other
- Published
- 30 Sep 2025
- KP lēmums Nr. 20, lieta PP/2.2-8/25/2 (SĒME), 18.09.2025 Decision of an authority
- Konkurences padomes lēmumi (Nr. 17, Statuss: Spēkā, paziņots 30.09.2025) Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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12 Feb 2025 Synot W, a.s.; ein UnternehmerGambling takeover without notification: 428,500 EUR for gun-jumping €428,500
In 2020, Synot and a sole trader jointly acquired control of the gambling operator SLOV-MATIC, transferred shares and replaced corporate bodies before notifying the concentration. Under a settlement, the Protimonopolný úrad Slovenskej republiky (Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic, PMÚ SR) imposed 400,000 EUR on Synot and 28,500 EUR on the entrepreneur; final since 7 March 2025.
Before closing, neither replace corporate bodies nor steer finances – M&A teams need a gun-jumping checklist.
- Authority / court
- Protimonopolný úrad Slovenskej republiky (PMÚ SR)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Merger control
- Legal basis
- Slowakisches Wettbewerbsschutzgesetz (Anmeldepflicht und Vollzugsverbot)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Other
- Mitigating circumstances
- Voluntary subsequent notification, admission and settlement (50% reduction).
- Published
- 10 Mar 2025
- KONCENTRÁCIE: PMÚ uložil pokutu viac ako 428-tisíc eur za „gun-jumping“ v oblasti hazardu Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 27 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link
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27 Jan 2025 ECIT Account A/SECIT Account: DKK 20m as facilitator of a nightclub cartel €2.68m
The Sø- og Handelsretten (Danish Maritime and Commercial High Court) imposed a civil fine of 20,000,000 DKK on the accounting and IT service provider ECIT Account A/S. From 2004 to 2020 the company acted as cartel facilitator, formalising and maintaining an agreement among several nightclubs not to open branches in each other's towns or within a set radius, among other things through the chair of their joint purchasing company. It was the first civil competition fine imposed by a court since the 2021 legislative amendment; the Konkurrencerådet (Danish Competition Council) had sought at least 30 million DKK. The decision is not final.
Advisers and service providers that are not active on the market themselves are still liable if they organise or enforce agreements among their clients.
Liability of advisers and service providers as cartel facilitators
- Authority / court
- Sø- og Handelsretten (auf Bußgeldantrag des Konkurrencerådet)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- Konkurrenceloven § 6 stk. 1, jf. stk. 2 nr. 3, jf. stk. 3; § 23 stk. 1 nr. 1; § 23 b
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- under appeal
- Sector
- Other
- Culpability
- intentional
- Mitigating circumstances
- No proven economic benefit from facilitating the agreement; the company did not initiate the cartel.
- Published
- 27 Jan 2025
Original amount 20,000,000 DKK, converted at the ECB reference rate of 27 Jan 2025.
- Konkurrence- og Forbrugerstyrelsen: Bøde på 20 millioner kroner til rådgivningsvirksomhed for medansvar for diskotekskartel (27.01.2025) Press release of an authority
- Sø- og Handelsretten, dom 27.01.2025, BS-61706/2023-SHR, ECIT Account A/S mod Konkurrencerådet Court decision
- Konkurrence- og Forbrugerstyrelsen, Afgørelser: ECIT Account A/S mod Konkurrencerådet (Afgørelse 27.01.2025, Status: Anket) Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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20 Jan 2025 Hong Kong Commercial Cleaning Services Limited, Man Shun Hong Kong & Kln Cleaning Company LimitedCleaning cartel in public housing tenders: company penalties of 22.26 million HKD €2.77m
In January 2025 the Competition Tribunal (Hong Kong's specialist competition court) imposed allegedly agreed penalties on two cleaning companies that, from at least May 2016 to August 2018, exchanged confidential bid information in 17 tenders of the Hong Kong Housing Authority (the public housing authority) for cleaning services at public housing estates (contract value around 180 million HKD) – price fixing under the First Conduct Rule (the ban on anti-competitive agreements); the case came to light through a complaint from a group that included cleaners at a housing estate. Hong Kong Commercial Cleaning Services Limited received 10,960,000 HKD, and Man Shun Hong Kong & Kln Cleaning Company Limited received 11,300,000 HKD on 20 January 2025. The amount and the facts have not been confirmed against the primary source.
Where competitors share offices, servers or staff, strict information barriers are needed – otherwise the exchange of bid data becomes a cartel.
Information exchange between competitors in public tenders
- Authority / court
- Competition Tribunal (Hongkong), auf Antrag der Competition Commission
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- Competition Ordinance (Cap. 619), s. 6 (First Conduct Rule), s. 91 (Beteiligung), s. 93(1) (pecuniary penalty), ss. 101–102 (Disqualifikation)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Other
- Mitigating circumstances
- Cooperation discount of 9% for Hong Kong Commercial Cleaning (admission only after the trial dates had been fixed, less than five months before trial); for Man Shun a cooperation discount of 15% (admission before any witness statements were filed) and a further 20% reduction because the full penalty would have undermined its viability; payment in four and eight quarterly instalments respectively.
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not set out here.
- Published
- 20 Jan 2025
Original amount 22,260,000 HKD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 20 Jan 2025.
- Competition Tribunal: Competition Commission v. Hong Kong Commercial Cleaning Services Ltd and Others, CTEA 2/2021, [2025] HKCT 1, Reasons for Judgment 14.02.2025 Court decision
- Competition Commission: Competition Commission welcomes Tribunal's orders in cleansing service cartel case (20.01.2025) Press release of an authority
- Competition Commission: Hong Kong Commercial Cleaning Services admits liability and agrees to over HK$10 million penalty (09.12.2024) Press release of an authority
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23 Dec 2024 Hrvatski lovački savezCroatia: 89,935 EUR against hunting association for predatory pricing in hunter training €89,935
From 2022 to March 2024, the Croatian Hunting Association offered hunter training below cost and financed this from areas in which it holds a statutory monopoly in order to drive out competitors. The Agencija za zaštitu tržišnog natjecanja (Croatian Competition Agency, AZTN) imposed 89,935.20 EUR and ordered separate cost accounting; the High Administrative Court dismissed the action on 17 December 2025.
An organisation holding a monopoly in one market must not use the profits from it to undercut in neighbouring markets – separate cost accounting provides evidence.
- Authority / court
- Agencija za zaštitu tržišnog natjecanja (AZTN)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Abuse of market power
- Legal basis
- Art. 13 Nr. 1 Zakon o zaštiti tržišnog natjecanja (ZZTN)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Other
- Published
- 10 Feb 2025
- AZTN zbog zlouporabe vladajućeg položaja predatorskim cijenama kaznio Hrvatski lovački savez Press release of an authority
- Visoki upravni sud Republike Hrvatske odbio tužbu Hrvatskog lovačkog saveza i potvrdio rješenje AZTN-a Press release of an authority
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21 Nov 2024 „Техномат-Меркурий“ ЕООД, ТПКИ „Здравоход“ (Rechtsnachfolger ТПКИ „Комфорт“), „Кавалер Юнион 2001“ ЕООДWork shoe cartel in tenders – 2.75 million leva for three manufacturers €1.4m
The Комисия за защита на конкуренцията (Bulgarian Commission for the Protection of Competition, KZK) found that three suppliers had fixed prices and shared markets in public tenders by various contracting authorities for professional work shoes (Art. 15 ZZK – Bulgarian Protection of Competition Act, Art. 101 TFEU). Sanctions: 1,678,897 leva (Technomat-Merkuriy), 657,675 leva (disabled persons’ cooperative Zdravohod) and 409,424 leva (Kavaler Union 2001), a total of 2,745,996 leva. Appeals have been lodged against the decision.
Coordination on prices or on ‘who gets which contract’ is a hardcore cartel carrying a risk of millions, even among small niche suppliers.
Competition law in tenders
- Authority / court
- Комисия за защита на конкуренцията (КЗК, Bulgarische Wettbewerbskommission)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- Art. 15 Abs. 1 Nr. 1 und 2 ZZK; Art. 101 Abs. 1 lit. a und c AEUV
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- under appeal
- Sector
- Other
Original amount 2,745,996 BGN, converted at the ECB reference rate of 21 Nov 2024.
- КЗК Публичен електронен регистър – Производство (Решение № 1254 от 21.11.2024; Volltext als PDF im Register) Official register or notice
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16 Oct 2024 OGH: 100,000 EUR gun-jumping fine for premature start of a mask production joint venture €100,000
A textile company started operations with a joint venture (H* GmbH) for the production of protective masks on 24 April 2020, before the notifiable concentration had been cleared; the infringement lasted until 25 May 2020. The Cartel Court imposed a fine of 5,000 EUR; the OGH increased the fine to 100,000 EUR.
The standstill obligation applies even in emergencies such as the pandemic – a joint venture may only start operating after clearance.
Standstill obligation before clearance (gun-jumping), including in crisis situations
- Authority / court
- Oberster Gerichtshof als Kartellobergericht (Antrag der Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Merger control
- Legal basis
- § 29 Z 1 lit a iVm § 17 Abs 1 KartG 2005
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Other
- Culpability
- intentional
- OGH 16 Ok 4/24k vom 16.10.2024 Court decision
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24 Sep 2024 a Norwegian provider of emptying and flushing servicesEmptying and flushing services: acquisition of a regional competitor prohibited Order
Konkurransetilsynet (Norwegian Competition Authority) prohibited the acquisition of a regional competitor by the service provider because the merger would have significantly impeded competition in emptying and flushing services (including emptying septic tanks and separators and cleaning pipes and tanks) in the former county of Hordaland, where the two companies were each other's closest competitors. The Konkurranseklagenemnda (Competition Appeals Tribunal) rejected the provider's appeal on 31 January 2025 and upheld the prohibition.
Acquisitions of regional competitors in niche markets can also be prohibited if they remove the competitive pressure between close rivals.
- Authority / court
- Konkurransetilsynet
- Area of law
- Competition law · Merger control
- Legal basis
- § 16 konkurranseloven
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Published
- 24 Sep 2024
- Konkurransetilsynet, Entscheidungen (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2024) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Company name anonymised since 24 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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18 Jun 2024 an Italian sports federationAGCM fines sports federation €4.2m for excluding sports promotion bodies €4.2m
According to the AGCM, the Italian federation used the regulatory powers delegated to it by CONI from at least the 2015/2016 season to keep sports promotion bodies (Enti di Promozione Sportiva) out of the market for youth football competitions, and extended this strategy to recreational and amateur events for children and young people (Art. 102 TFEU). The authority imposed a fine of 4,203,447.54 EUR and ordered the conduct to end.
Associations with quasi-regulatory powers are also subject to competition law when they use their rules to keep competitors out.
Competition law for associations with regulatory powers
- Authority / court
- Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Abuse of market power
- Legal basis
- Art. 102 AEUV; Art. 15 Legge n. 287/1990
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Mitigating circumstances
- In assessing gravity, the AGCM took into account that from the 2023/2024 season the federation had deleted a contested requirement for events involving children up to 12 years of age.
- Published
- 1 Jul 2024
- AGCM, Suche nach Entscheidungen (Entscheidung 2024) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Company name anonymised since 18 Jun 2026 · Direct link